Management of media content playback
Example techniques may involve managing playback of media content by a playback device. In an example implementation, a playback device receives, via the network interface from a control device of the media playback system, an instruction to queue a container of audio tracks into a queue for playback by the playback device, wherein the container of audio tracks and consists of: (a) an album, (b) a playlist, or (c) an internet radio station. While the playback device is playing back the queue and before each audio track of the playlist is played back, the playback device determines whether the respective audio track is associated with a negative preference. If the respective audio track is associated with the negative preference, the playback device advances playback over the respective audio track to the next audio track within the queue.
1. A computing system of a first cloud service, the computing system comprising at least one server, the at least one server comprising:
a network interface;
at least one processor; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
store, in data storage, preference data for multiple user profiles of the first cloud service, wherein user profiles of the first cloud service are registered with respective media playback systems comprising respective playback devices, wherein the data storage comprises links between a first user profile of the multiple user profiles and a first user account of a first streaming audio service, a first user account of a second streaming audio service, and a particular user account of a second cloud service, and wherein a second user profile of the multiple user profiles is associated with a second user account of the first streaming audio service and a second user account of the second streaming audio service;
receive, via the network interface, a request for preferences linked to the particular user account of the second cloud service;
based on the link between the particular user account of the second cloud service and the first user profile of the first cloud service and according to the received request, determine, within the stored preference data, particular preference data corresponding to the first user profile of the first cloud service, the particular preference data comprising first preferences corresponding to the first user account of the first streaming audio service and second preferences corresponding to the first user account of the second streaming audio service, wherein the particular preference data comprises respective preferences corresponding to a plurality of media items, and wherein for each media item in the plurality of media items, the preference corresponding to the respective media item comprises a weighting of (i) a first preference corresponding to the first user account of the first streaming audio service and (ii) a second preference corresponding to the first user account of the second streaming audio service; and
send, via the network interface, a response to the request for the preference data corresponding to the particular user account of the second cloud service.
2. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein a particular media playback system comprising one or more playback devices is registered to the first user profile of the first cloud service, and wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
receive, via the network interface, playback data representing playback of first media items from the first streaming audio service on at least one playback device of the particular media playback system; and
modify the particular preference data based on the received playback data.
3. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein a particular media playback system comprising one or more playback devices is registered to the first user profile of the first cloud service, and wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
receive, via the network interface, input data representing at least one preference selected on a control interface of a control device, the control device configured to control playback of the one or more playback devices in the particular media playback system that is registered to the first user profile of the first cloud service.
4. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein a media playback system comprising one or more playback device is registered to the first user account, and wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
receive, via the network interface, playback data representing playback of first media items from the first streaming audio service on at least one playback device of the first user account; and
modify the particular preference data based on the received playback data.
5. The computing system of claim 4 , wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
determine media items that match the determined particular preference data.
6. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to send the response to the request for the preference data corresponding to the particular user account of the second cloud service comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
send, via the network interface, data representing the determined media items to at least one server of the second cloud service.
7. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to send the response to the request for the preference data corresponding to the particular user account of the second cloud service comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
send, the network interface to the second cloud service, at least a portion of the particular preference data.
8. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the request for preference data indicates one or more media items in a playlist, wherein the particular preference data comprises negative preference data for at least one media item of the one or more media items in the playlist, and wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to send the response to the request for the preference data corresponding to the particular user account of the second cloud service comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
send, the network interface to the second cloud service, instructions to not play back the at least one media item of the one or more media items in the playlist.
9. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the second cloud service comprises a third streaming audio service.
10. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the first cloud service comprises the first streaming audio service.
11. At least one tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by at least one processor of at least one server such that a computing system of a first cloud service is configured to:
store, in data storage, preference data for multiple user profiles of the first cloud service, wherein user profiles of the first cloud service are registered with respective media playback systems comprising respective playback device, wherein the data storage comprises links between a first user profile of the multiple user profiles and a first user account of a first streaming audio service, a first user account of a second streaming audio service, and a particular user account of a second cloud service, and wherein a second user profile of the multiple user profiles is associated with a second user account of the first streaming audio service and a second user account of the second streaming audio service;
receive, via a network interface, a request for preferences linked to the particular user account of the second cloud service;
based on the link between the particular user account of the second cloud service and the first user profile of the first cloud service and according to the received request, determine, within the stored preference data, particular preference data corresponding to the first user profile of the first cloud service, the particular preference data comprising first preferences corresponding to the first user account of the first streaming audio service and second preferences corresponding to the first user account of the second streaming audio service, wherein the particular preference data comprises respective preferences corresponding to a plurality of media items, and wherein for each media item in the plurality of media items, the preference corresponding to the respective media item comprises a weighting of (i) a first preference corresponding to the first user account of the first streaming audio service and (ii) a second preference corresponding to the first user account of the second streaming audio service; and
send, via the network interface, a response to the request for the preference data corresponding to the particular user account of the second cloud service.
12. The at least one tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein a particular media playback system comprising one or more playback devices is registered to the first user profile of the first cloud service, and wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
receive, via the network interface, playback data representing playback of first media items from the first streaming audio service on at least one playback device of the particular media playback system; and
modify the particular preference data based on the received playback data.
13. The at least one tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein a particular media playback system comprising one or more playback devices is registered to the first user profile of the first cloud service, and wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
receive, via the network interface, input data representing at least one preference selected on a control interface of a control device, the control device configured to control playback of the one or more playback devices in the particular media playback system that is registered to the first user profile of the first cloud service.
14. The at least one tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein a media playback system comprising one or more playback device is registered to the first user account, and wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
receive, via the network interface, playback data representing playback of first media items from the first streaming audio service on at least one playback device of the first user account; and
modify the particular preference data based on the received playback data.
15. The at least one tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
determine media items that match the determined particular preference data.
16. The at least one tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to send the response to the request for the preference data corresponding to the particular user account of the second cloud service comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
send, via the network interface, data representing the determined media items to at least one server of the second cloud service.
17. The at least one tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to send the response to the request for the preference data corresponding to the particular user account of the second cloud service comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
send, the network interface to the second cloud service, at least a portion of the particular preference data.
18. The at least one tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the request for preference data indicates one or more media items in a playlist, wherein the particular preference data comprises negative preference data for at least one media item of the one or more media items in the playlist, and wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to send the response to the request for the preference data corresponding to the particular user account of the second cloud service comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
send, the network interface to the second cloud service, instructions to not play back the at least one media item of the one or more media items in the playlist.
19. The at least one tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the second cloud service comprises a third streaming audio service, and wherein the first cloud service comprises the first streaming audio service.
20. A method to be performed by at least one server in a computing system of a first cloud service, the method comprising:
storing, in data storage, preference data for multiple user profiles of the first cloud service, wherein user profiles of the first cloud service are registered with respective media playback systems comprising respective playback device, wherein the data storage comprises links between a first user profile of the multiple user profiles and a first user account of a first streaming audio service, a first user account of a second streaming audio service, and a particular user account of a second cloud service, and wherein a second user profile of the multiple user profiles is associated with a second user account of the first streaming audio service and a second user account of the second streaming audio service;
receiving, via a network interface, a request for preferences linked to the particular user account of the second cloud service;
based on the link between the particular user account of the second cloud service and the first user profile of the first cloud service and according to the received request, determining, within the stored preference data, particular preference data corresponding to the first user profile of the first cloud service, the particular preference data comprising first preferences corresponding to the first user account of the first streaming audio service and second preferences corresponding to the first user account of the second streaming audio service, wherein the particular preference data comprises respective preferences corresponding to a plurality of media items, and wherein for each media item in the plurality of media items, the preference corresponding to the respective media item comprises a weighting of (i) a first preference corresponding to the first user account of the first streaming audio service and (ii) a second preference corresponding to the first user account of the second streaming audio service; and
sending, via the network interface, a response to the request for the preference data corresponding to the particular user account of the second cloud service.